Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 14
Kit Contents
● ICP RAID controller
● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this Guide
● ICP Storage Manager
Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for ICP
Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line utility
● Cables (type and quantity vary—for cable information about your controller, visit
the ICP
Web site at
www.icp-vortex.com or the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.)
● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket
● ICP SAS, SATA, and SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide
System Requirements
● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor
● Motherboard with these features:
● Compliant with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2 or later
● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge
● Large memory-mapped address ranges
Refer to the Readme file on the RAID installation CD for additional motherboard
compatibility information.
● One of these operating systems:
● Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
● Red Hat
®
Linux
● SUSE Linux
Note:
For the latest on ICP’s support of Linux, or to download driver sources, visit the
Support area of the ICP Web site at
www.icp-vortex.com
.
● Novell
®
NetWare
®
6.5
● SCO
®
OpenServer
®
6.0
● UnixWare
®
7.1.4
● Sun
®
Solaris
TM
10 (supports secondary controllers only, not boot controller; storage
management must be done through theICP RAID Configuration utility—see page 80)
● FreeBSD 5.4, 6.0 (driver support only; storage management must be done through the
ICP RAID Configuration utility—see page 80)
Note:
For up-to-date operating system version support, visit the ICP Web Site at www.icp-
vortex.com. From the main menu select Download>firmware, drivers, tools. Select your
controller type and version to generate a list of supported operating systems.
● 128 MB (or more) of RAM
● Available compatible PCI/PCI-X/PCIe slot (depending on your controller model—see the
descriptions starting on page 16)
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